DDA Chapter 6

[bethbuchall]

Let me look up the info for Casper...we've stayed overnight there a couple of times (and in the vicinity).

There is a great little town in WY that has a Hot Springs pool and rec area. Really inexpensive hotels and fairly close to Yellowstone.

Thanks! I know that we are late in planning for this, but it took a lot of work to pull out of ds and dh how much time and money I have. I still don't have a really firm answer from dh.

The more information that I can hit them with the better!

 

[my3princes]

I need to run and get things picked up around here before I head off to my eye appointment.

Yesterday my Mom came down again and we managed to prime the hall and entry. It is an off white color and it sure looks different then all white. Those areas are slowly progressing Chris and Mom are also working on painting the room doors as each side takes 2 coats. I'm NOT painting today as I need to get basic stuff like laundry done. I see that my Mom tried to put some laudry away yesterday as there are piles in our rooms. She must have put some underwear away in Colby's room as he kept coming out with Hunter's underwear Hopefully I can get enough maintenance stuff done today and then I can paint the next coat on the walls tomorrow.

Someone asked if we are close to done Nope, I'd say right now we are about 1/2 done as the kitchen/living areas haven't been touched yet. We are hoping to finish the end of the house that we are working on by Sunday which will give us Sunday for some cleaning before the Appraiser comes on Monday. We will have enough flooring in by then to get through that. She is definitely going to find a mess though as the kitchen and living room items are stacked in Colby's room and in our room since we weren't working on those 2 rooms. Oh well, there is only so much we can do.

I took off the thermostat that controls the living areas of the house yesterday and now we have no heat in those areas I planned to replace it anyway so I'll do that this afternoon. We had the old round one and I'm going to put a digital in. It is a bit cold this morning though as we are still getting frosts everynight. Thankfully all the bedrooms (except Colby's) had heat.

 

[bear74]

Well Booger,
Olivia woke up this morning and told me she did not feel good. A few minutes later she tells me she needs to throw up, which she did. Good thing I had no plans to leave the house today

 

[PNO4TE]

Thanks for the Anniversary Wishes....

Bill has decided to take me out to breakfast...then we will skip lunch and do dinner at Chez Collette. I always enjoys seeing the staff there...they remember that we had our reception there.......so they always set up a very nice table for us. In some ways, it feels like yesterday that we
got married

awwwwwwwwwww... Enjoy this lovely day with one another. And have a terrific bottle of wine to go with your dinner!

 

[tink2020]

Mike is Kristin's favorite too! She and her best friend (who loves Davy) have a dinner party every year to celebrate their birthdays.

I tried to work it out to take them to WDW for the F&G Festival to see Davy in concert this May, but the dates just didn't work out for the trip. They were "seriously bummed."

The dinner party is too funny! Last May, we left the same day that Davy performed. I literally tried to change our airfare, but couldn't make it work out. I was so bummed!

Thanks for sharing those pictures! I also went out to your blog to see the rest. You may not feel well, but you certainly look terrific! Alyssa is such a cutie, too.

Thanks. We really had a great time, even if I ignored Amy and Alyssa mosto of the time! :

Yes, we love them both, too! Matthew listens to a wide variety in music and has always loved the Beatles.

The last time we saw Off Kilter, there was a man there feeding a squirrel nuts. He was obviously a regular, and the squirrel was climbing all over him.

How cool!

Well Booger,
Olivia woke up this morning and told me she did not feel good. A few minutes later she tells me she needs to throw up, which she did. Good thing I had no plans to leave the house today

Oh, poor Olivia! I hope this bug is short-lived!

 

[babytrees]

Thanks! I know that we are late in planning for this, but it took a lot of work to pull out of ds and dh how much time and money I have. I still don't have a really firm answer from dh.

The more information that I can hit them with the better!

okey dokey....I'll get it for you after work. If you are planning to come during Cheyenne Frontier Days (early part of July) there usually isn't a hotel to be found in WY and about 2 hours into CO. I'll find those dates for you too.

 

[bethbuchall]

okey dokey....I'll get it for you after work. If you are planning to come during Cheyenne Frontier Days (early part of July) there usually isn't a hotel to be found in WY and about 2 hours into CO. I'll find those dates for you too.

Thanks! Don't put yourself through too much trouble for me, though. We are looking at mid-July to the end of July. Our swim club has a three-day meet the weekend of July 11-13, so we won't leave until after that. We're planning to be gone a total of 15 days. That gives us approximately 5 days for travel each way, 3 days at Yellowstone/Grand Tetons area, and 2 days at Badlands National Park.

 

[babytrees]

Thanks! Don't put yourself through too much trouble for me, though. We are looking at mid-July to the end of July. Our swim club has a three-day meet the weekend of July 11-13, so we won't leave until after that. We're planning to be gone a total of 15 days. That gives us approximately 5 days for travel each way, 3 days at Yellowstone/Grand Tetons area, and 2 days at Badlands National Park.

You will love Yellowstone...my mom came up with a great game...pull over to the side of the road and see how long it takes to gather a crowd . Yes, I did inherit her sense of humor. My favorite response to the Game Crossing signs?? "Where's Yahtzee?"

I would really suggest Red Lodge as a possible spot to sleep while you are in that area. I still have connections up in that area...let me see if I can find you deals.

 

[babytrees]

Okay I just checked and while Cheyenne Frontier Days is usually around my birthday (the 11th) it isn't until the last two weeks of July this year (the 19th-28th).

The closer you get to Yellowstone the better chances are you are going to find a hotel room during that time....though it might be more expensive.

Got you started at least. (You all are founts of knowledge for Disney...I do the west )

 

[bethbuchall]

Okay I just checked and while Cheyenne Frontier Days is usually around my birthday (the 11th) it isn't until the last two weeks of July this year (the 19th-28th).

The closer you get to Yellowstone the better chances are you are going to find a hotel room during that time....though it might be more expensive.

Got you started at least. (You all are founts of knowledge for Disney...I do the west )

Thanks! It looks like the dates of our trip. It is good to have advance warning on this.

 

[bear74]

So since Olivia just wants to snuggle I am getting no housework done. So I am sitting here trying to decide what we should do for costumes for MNSSHP. Their is one on Sept. 16th. I am thinking of doing a theme but not sure what to do. Any suggestions.

 

[tmfranlk]

Wow! This is great information. We were looking at I-70 between St. Louis and KC, but we don't know the area, so we could be completely wrong on that. I haven't really taken a close look at any of the areas yet. That sounds like exactly what I'm looking for in hotels.

We were planning on the Arch (because, well, it's the Arch ). I think that Matthew would be interested in the History Museum. Laura already asked about the zoo, too, and I remember you talking about it and sharing pictures. I'm always up for frozen custard. Originally, we wanted to follow Route 66, but that whole time and money thing came into play.

Thanks!

Dang it! It is 70 going out. Oops. We take 64 to 70 hence the confusion. You can still do 44 areas as 270 takes you straight up to 70 easily.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Well Booger,
Olivia woke up this morning and told me she did not feel good. A few minutes later she tells me she needs to throw up, which she did. Good thing I had no plans to leave the house today

I hope she feels better soon!!

I picked up my 5 pieces of dry cleaning. $35!! No wonder I never dry clean anything! It is stuff I don't wear often though, so it should stay clean for quite awhile! Dressy black dress, a suit, and a rayon camp shirt & shorts that may be too small. Seems like that outfit used to be tight and I haven't worn it in a long time.

 

[mommykds]

Thanks for the Anniversary Wishes....

Bill has decided to take me out to breakfast...then we will skip lunch and do dinner at Chez Collette. I always enjoys seeing the staff there...they remember that we had our reception there.......so they always set up a very nice table for us. In some ways, it feels like yesterday that we
got married

Awww. That's sweet. Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!

 

[tmfranlk]

The nice thing is that the zoo, history museum and art museum are all very close to each other. You can easily walk from one to the other and since they're free, you don't have to worry about staying to get your money's worth. For the Arch, check into buying the tram tickets ahead of time. If you can't, then definitely get there pretty early. The trams can sell out in busy times, especially if they don't have the 2nd train reopened by then.

Another thing in Forest Park is The Muny. http://www.muny.org/ It does musical productions throughout the summer. The tickets are reasonable and there is about 10 rows of free seats in the back as well. It can make for a nice night.

 

[bear74]

ugg now i need to get sprite puke out of my couch

 

[bear74]

I think I foresee me calling into work tomorrow

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

ugg now i need to get sprite puke out of my couch

I hope your couch is leather!
Sister puked Sprite on the couch once, and I was very glad that it was leather!

 

[bear74]

I hope your couch is leather!
Sister puked Sprite on the couch once, and I was very glad that it was leather!

nope, not leather

 

[bethbuchall]

Dang it! It is 70 going out. Oops. We take 64 to 70 hence the confusion. You can still do 44 areas as 270 takes you straight up to 70 easily.

The nice thing is that the zoo, history museum and art museum are all very close to each other. You can easily walk from one to the other and since they're free, you don't have to worry about staying to get your money's worth. For the Arch, check into buying the tram tickets ahead of time. If you can't, then definitely get there pretty early. The trams can sell out in busy times, especially if they don't have the 2nd train reopened by then.

Another thing in Forest Park is The Muny. http://www.muny.org/ It does musical productions throughout the summer. The tickets are reasonable and there is about 10 rows of free seats in the back as well. It can make for a nice night.

This is great information! I did look into buying tram tickets on-line, and I will do it as soon as I have dates nailed down. I am shooting for this weekend for that. I think that the zoo, history museum, and art museum sound great, especially that they are close enough to walk between (and free!).

This is our skeleton schedule/route. There is a lot of driving, but we can't really get around that. I need to sit the family down with a map and the drive times and see if they are all willing to do this. We also need to pick what we want to see along the way. We may change some stops as we figure it all out.

Day 1: Home -> Somewhere between Columbus, OH and Indianapolis, IN
Day 2: St. Louis
Day 3: Kansas City
Day 4: North Platte, NE
Day 5: Casper, WY
Days 6-9: Grand Tetons and Yellowstone Area
Days 10-11: Badlands
Day 12: Sioux Falls, SD
Day 13: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Day 14: Toledo, OH
Day 15: Home

I feel a little overwhelmed planning this. Planning a trip to WDW is so much easier, because I know what to expect and what the hotels are like, etc.